BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group has fired dozens of rockets and shells at three Israeli positions in a disputed area along the country’s border with Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The group said its fighters on Sunday used a “large numbers of rockets and shells.” It said the attack was in solidarity with the
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan rises to 2,000, says Taliban spokesman. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. ISLAMABAD (AP) — A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said.
Continue ReadingBy JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — D.J. Uiagalelei threw three of his five touchdown passes to Jack Velling and No. 15 Oregon State beat California 52-40 on Saturday night. The Beavers (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12) struggled to slow down the Golden Bears (3-2, 1-2) for most of the night but did more
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli soldiers fought to repel Hamas militants Sunday, a day after they broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and rampaged through nearby Israeli communities in an unprecedented surprise attack, while Israel’s retaliation strikes leveled buildings in Gaza and its prime minister said the
Continue ReadingBy Hadas Gold, Shirin Faqiri, Helen Regan, Jessie Yeung and Caitlin Hu, CNN Jerusalem and Gaza (CNN) — Israel has formally declared war on Hamas, setting the stage for a major military operation in Gaza as fighting continues to rage on Israeli soil. Tanks and personnel carriers could be seen on the move near the
Continue ReadingCNN By Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel has declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out an unprecedented attack by air, sea and land on Saturday. The large-scale surprise assault has left at least 900 dead in Israel, prompting a lethal volley of retaliatory Israeli airstrikes
Continue ReadingSAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Gevani McCoy ran for a touchdown and passed for another score, wide receiver Hayden Hatten threw his second touchdown pass of the season and Idaho beat Cal Poly 42-14 Saturday night. Idaho (5-1, 3-0 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 3 in the FCS coaches poll, has won three games
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Quarterback Taylen Green ran for a pair of touchdowns and threw for another and Boise State’s defense pitched a second-half shutout in the Broncos’ 35-27 rally over San Jose State on Saturday night. Quali Conley’s 6-yard scoring run gave the Spartans a 27-7 lead with 4:56 before halftime. In Boise State’s
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Merrill Kelly and Clayton Kershaw had their backs to each other in the outfield while they were long-tossing before Game 1 of the NL Division Series. “He kind of gave me a little acknowledgment and I gave it back,” Kelly said. Then Arizona went out
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and rampaged through nearby Israeli communities, killing at least 250 people and abducting others in an unprecedented surprise attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday. Israel responded with strikes in Gaza that killed 232 and
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Dillon Gabriel knew he couldn’t take a sack as the pocket collapsed around him in the closing seconds of his Red River rivalry debut, the kind of big game he went to Oklahoma to play. Then he saw Nic Anderson in the back of the end
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Saturday and won the giant prize. The numbers drawn Saturday night were: 47, 54, 57, 60, 65 and red Powerball 19. The $1.55 billion prize is for a sole winner who is paid
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Alexander watches Paw Patrol with fervor, bowls his baby brother over with hugs and does everything with gusto. What the 3-year-old West Chicago toddler can’t do yet is speak more than a few words. His balance is wobbly and he isn’t able to tell his
Continue ReadingLARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Andrew Peasley threw three touchdown passes and nose tackle Cole Godbout had an interception in the final minute of the fourth quarter as Wyoming beat No. 24 Fresno State 24-19 on Saturday night, ending the second-longest winning streak in the nation at 14 games. Wyoming (5-1, 2-0 Mountain West), which had
Continue ReadingBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and THEODORA TONGAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tourists at the Acropolis this holiday season can witness the resolution of one of the world’s most heated debates on cultural heritage. All they need is a smartphone. Visitors can now pinch and zoom their way around the ancient Greek site, with a
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The area around the Maui town largely destroyed by wildfire two months ago began welcoming back travelers on Sunday after the mayor and Hawaii’s governor pushed ahead to restart tourism to boost the economy despite opposition from some Lahaina residents. Five hotels in West Maui were accepting
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ONEN and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press MUKONO, Uganda (AP) — A decapitated banana plant is almost useless, an inconvenience to the farmer who must uproot it and lay its dismembered parts as mulch. Too many of them in a banana plantation means an extra cost of hiring manual labor. But can these discarded
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has been thrust into a Middle East crisis that risks expanding into a broader conflict and has left him fending off criticism from GOP presidential rivals that his administration’s policies led to this moment. The potential for prolonged and expanding violence
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain’s opposition Labour Party gather in Liverpool on Sunday for their annual conference with an unfamiliar feeling: optimism. The party has been out of power for 13 years, and in the last national election in 2019, voters handed Labour its worst drubbing since 1935. But
Continue ReadingABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns and Naz Reid each scored 14 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves topped the Dallas Mavericks 104-96 on Saturday to complete a two-game sweep of the NBA Abu Dhabi Games. Anthony Edwards, who missed the first game on Thursday with an ankle issue, scored 13 for Minnesota.
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